Jon Liedtke is an accomplished broadcast radio host, reporter, and opinion columnist, regularly appearing on 610 CKTB, AM800 CKLW, CTV Windsor, and Toronto’s Newstalk 1010. He co-hosts and produces Rose City Politics and is a member of SAG-AFTRA.
As the owner of Jon Liedtke Consulting, he provides full-service consulting to hospitality businesses, festivals and events, cannabis companies, and regional tourism organizations.
Jon’s diverse media background includes co-owning community newspapers and operating Higher Limits Cannabis Lounge (recognized as the world’s largest at the time). A frequent cannabis and political pundit featured in national outlets, he previously played trumpet with The Nefidovs.
Kvetch & Release
- The Last Mile to Freedom: Why the Detroit River Was the 1850s’ Most Vital Border
- Why Santa is More Canadian than Poutine… and Putin
- From Cold War Typo to Christmas Magic: How a Sears Mistake Created NORAD’s Santa Tracker
- 610CKTB: Rum Runner’s Christmas & When Whiskey Fueled the Detroit River
- Blindfolds in Darkrooms: Are Jewish Reporters Too Controversial to Defend?
- Antisemitism’s Darkness Overshadows Hanukkah’s Lights
REPORTING
- StratCann: How federal paramountcy and provincial restrictiveness define Canada’s regulatory landscape
- StratCann: Grow stores left behind: From shadows to spotlight to stagnation
- Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks PM Trudeau what government can do to reduce antisemitism
- Rose City Politics: Jon Liedtke asks PM Trudeau what the government will do to lower Windsor’s unemployment rate
- STRATCANN: Crossborder cannabis: Detroit to Windsor
- ROSE CITY POLITICS: MP Kusmierczyk says Mayor’s flooding funding claims unfounded & feds funded region at unprecedented national levels
IN THE NEWS
- 610CKTB: Rum Runner’s Christmas & When Whiskey Fueled the Detroit River
- The CJN: How Canadians are celebrating a joyous Hanukkah after the Sydney attack
- Bondi Beach & Jew Hate in Canada
